Tow or anchorage cable



Aug. 29, 1950 R. w. MOORE 2,520,325

row OR ANCHORAGE CABLE Filed Aug. 23, 1947 INVENTOR. REX M MGG'RE Patented Aug. 29, 1950 r;

1 UNITED STATES OFF 'row R ANcHoRAG EcaBnE Rex W. Moore, Wichita, Kans.

Application August 23, 1947, Serial No. 770,227

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved tow or anchorage cable having adjustable loops at each end to secure it to objects and a cable adapted to many uses in the arts and industries, for example, as a tie cable for a boat, or for a boat wherein one end would be fastened to the boat and the other end to an outboard engine attached to the boat to prevent loss of the engine if the boat should tip over and the engine fastenings become loose in which case the engine would drop to the bottom of the lake or river and be totally lost; or an anchorage cable for anchoring an airplane to the ground by securing one loop end to some part of a wing section and the other end to a suitable stake in the ground, or to a swivel corkscrew, screwed into the ground, this latter would be particularly adapted to anchor an airplane that has had to make a forced landing in a field or roadway away from a regular landing field. In View of the above many other uses would become apparent to anyone having use for a cable of this type.

It is therefore, a principal object of the invention to provide a cable having adjustable loops at each end for easy attachment to objects.

It is a further object of the invention to provide two clasp means adjacent each end of a cable, one of which is securely clamped to the cable somewhat distant from the free end and to the free end to form a fairly large loop, and the other clasp secured to the cable in the loop section near the first clasp but with one side unclamped to the loop section so the loop portion may move freely through the clasp and thereby permit loops of varying sizes to be formed and tightened into securing contacts with different side objects.

Other uses and advantages will become apparent to any person using the cable.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings a better and fuller understanding of the invention will be had, wherein, Figure 1 represents a cable showing a loop reduced to its smallest dimension.

Figure 2 represents the other end of the cable of Figure 1 with one of the clasps moved toward the other clasp to provide a loop of larger dimensions.

Figure 3 represents both a side and end view of the sliding clasp.

Figure 4 represents both a side and end view of the clasp secured to the cable distant from the end and to the end to form a loop section.

In Figure l the numeral l represents the main cable, 2 represents the loop portion of the main cable and 3 represents the portion adjacent the end of the cable and to which both clasps are securely fastened, 4 represents the sliding clasp that is secured to the cable portion 3 and slides along the cable portion 2 and 5 represents the clasp that is iminovably secured to both the cable portion 1 and the end of portion 3.

Figure 2 clearly shows how loops are formed by sliding clasp 4 along cable portion 2.

6 represents indents formed into the sides of the clasps to securely fasten them to the cable portions.

In Figure 3 it is seen that the clasp is indented on one side as at I which clamps it securely to the cable portion 3, the other side sliding freely along cable portion 2.

In Figure 4 it is seen that the clasp is indented on both cable portions which securely fastens it to both portions of the cable sections 2 and 3.

In manipulating the cable to form any desired size of loop the cable I is held in one hand and the sliding clasp 4 is moved along the cable portion 2 until the desired loop size is reached when the loop is placed over or around the object to which it is to be secured and the sliding clasp then moved to tighten the loop on the object.

It will be seen that when a loop is placed over an object and clasp 4 adjusted toward the object that the loop will tighten around the object, and therefore, the more pull that is exerted on the cable I the tighter the loop will bind the object. The only way that the loop can be freed from the object is to move the sliding clasp toward the fixed clasp by hand when the cable is slack. Referring to Figures 1 and 2 it is to be noted that Figure 2 is the other end of the cable of Figure 1, the broken ends of the cables I in both views indicating this fact. The loops formed at either end of the cable are the only ones used for towing purposes, the loop 3 of Figure 2 is merely the slack in the cable occasioned by sliding the clasp 4 along the cable to produce a larger loop on the end, the same condition applies to Figure 1, if the clasp here is moved along the cable a loop such as 3 of Figure 2 will be formed by the slack in the cable, thus a tow cable is provided that always has a loop at each end of fixed dimensions but which may be enlarged to any desired size to encircle any desired object.

I claim:

1. A tow or anchorage cable having minimum size fixed loops at each end, clasp means securing the free end of the cable, after a loop has been 3 formed, to the body of the cable in a fix'd position and at a distance from the loop, other clasp means secured to one strand of the loop area between the loop and the first mentioned clasp means and encircling the other strand of 5 the looped area for free movement over said strand to permit sliding thereover to enlarge the loop.

2. Same as claim 1 with this addition at the end: In enlarging the said loop the strand that is fastened to both clasps buckling outward to shorten the space between clasps to permit the free strand to form the enlarged loop.

REX W. MOORE.

4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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